I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it is just a feeling that feels good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.

I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make a consistent sound in whatever way I can.

If I went crazy and tried to make pop music, my band wouldn't record it! I love them too much to do that.

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write them down and figure out how to use that in a melody to write a song.

I just want people to see my growth as an artist, and singer.

The creative person should have no other biography than his works.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

You have to work hard at things.

Look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger.

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness.

I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.

Women particularly can dress modestly and in the process contribute to their own self­ respect and to the moral purity of men. In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.

Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.

Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.